He said, "please, try to bear with us as we reflect on where we found ourselves.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has apologised for dissolving governing councils of universities along with the boards of parastatal agencies.
According to NAN,
Buhari offered the apology during the National Executive Council
meeting of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Thursday.
He said: ”We gave a blanket order which we had to rescind when we said all boards are suspended or dissolved.
”We
had to go back and lick our vomit in terms of universities councils
because we found out that according to their laws, they cannot choose
vice chancellors unless the councils sit and interview candidates who
want to be VCs.
”So, there is nothing
wrong in saying sorry and going back on your decision. So, we said sorry
and allow all the universities to continue with their councils.
“So, please, try to bear with us as we reflect on where we found ourselves.”
Buhari
has also said his government had been able to recover more than three
trillion naira by insisting on the Treasury Single Account (TSA).
”The
policy we are trying to implement is TSA when we insist that we have to
know what comes in and what goes out for us to make a comprehensive
amendment to the economy.
”If you go and
see the Central Bank Governor, he will tell you that in the TSA, we have
more than N3 trillion. Where would this money have been if TSA was not
in vogue?
”I was made to understand that
vouchers would have quickly been raised towards the end of the financial
year and checks made whether they are going into projects or private
pockets, nobody can prove it to you.
”But
that money is there, it is identified, if is quantified and when the
budget comes back eventually, the Ministry of Finance will see how to
allocate it to the rest of the country, ” he said during the speech.
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